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Enrollment
558
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BENITO CISD·NCES 483879011161
San Benito Riverside Middle School
35428 PADILLA ST, SAN BENITO, TX 78586 · (956) 361-6940 · Cameron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
503 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 212 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 33% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 39.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 11.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like San Benito Riverside Middle School
San Benito Riverside Middle School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito Riverside Middle School this school | 558 | 90.1% | 37.5% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School LA JOYA | 545 | 91.0% | 41.4% |
| Carlos F Truan Junior High School ELSA | 584 | 90.8% | 27.7% |
| Salvador Sanchez Middle School EL PASO | 544 | 88.2% | 49.5% |
| Socorro Middle School EL PASO | 510 | 88.6% | 32.2% |
| Ricardo Estrada Middle School EL PASO | 592 | 88.7% | 34.5% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where San Benito Riverside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,059 of 1,635 | #21 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,214 of 1,670 ▼ 288 | #25 of 30 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,154 of 1,670 ▲ 170 | #29 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #413 of 1,570 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #995 of 1,749 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #331 of 1,542 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.8% | #1,493 of 1,543 | #24 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #248 of 1,648 | #9 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #670 of 942 | #21 of 23 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
558
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 558 | 43.2 | 12.9:1 | 90% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 41.3 | 12.1:1 | 86% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 40 | 13.2:1 | 90% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 92% (540) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 47.5 | 12.9:1 | 86% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 83% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 58 | 12.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Benito Riverside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (612 to 558); teachers down 9% (47.5 to 43.2).
About San Benito Riverside Middle School
In SAN BENITO, Texas, part of Cameron County, San Benito Riverside Middle School is a middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 558 students.
A total of 23 schools make up SAN BENITO CISD, with 9,137 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at San Benito Riverside Middle School, 99%, are Hispanic. Cameron County's residents are about 89% Hispanic, 10 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at San Benito Riverside Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 2%.
Teachers at the school number 43.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.9:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades San Benito Riverside Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.2%. San Benito Riverside Middle School scores 37.5%.
Cameron County census figures show that median household income is about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. San Benito Riverside Middle School is among the 187 public schools in Cameron County.
The closest public school to San Benito Riverside Middle School is La Paloma Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of San Benito Riverside Middle School, there are 4 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, San Benito Riverside Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
San Benito Riverside Middle School had 586 students in 2020-21 and 558 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN BENITO CISD
- San Benito High SchoolHigh · 2,057 students
- Berta Cabaza Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- San Benito Veterans Memorial AcademyHigh · 645 students
- Cash Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- La Encantada Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Miller Jordan Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
Other schools in SAN BENITO
- San Benito High SchoolHigh · 2,057 students
- South Texas ISD Rising Scholars AcademyMiddle · 781 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San BenitoHigh · 780 students
- Berta Cabaza Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- IDEA Academy San BenitoElementary · 685 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Nearby schools
- La Paloma Elementary School0.4 mi · 474
- Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary School2.8 mi · 351
- La Encantada Elementary School2.9 mi · 488
- Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School4.6 mi · 271
- Raul Garza Jr Steam Academy5.6 mi · 437
- Rangerville Elementary School5.7 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About San Benito Riverside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at San Benito Riverside Middle School?
San Benito Riverside Middle School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 06-08.
Is San Benito Riverside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
San Benito Riverside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does San Benito Riverside Middle School have?
San Benito Riverside Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at San Benito Riverside Middle School?
At San Benito Riverside Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees San Benito Riverside Middle School?
San Benito Riverside Middle School is overseen by SAN BENITO CISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.